American Experience

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past!

Episodes

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    The Riot Report

    S36 Ep5 |
    When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
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    Rachel Carson

    S29 Ep3 |
    The woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
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    Command and Control, Full Film

    S29 Ep1 |
    A chilling nightmare at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980.
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    The Battle of Chosin

    S29 Ep4 |
    Revisit this pivotal 1950 Korean War battle through the eyewitness accounts.
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    Tesla

    S29 Ep7 |
    Meet the genius engineer and inventor whose technology helped create our wireless world.
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    The Boys of '36

    S28 Ep7 |
    The story of nine young men from Washington who captured gold at the 1936 Olympic Games.
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    Space Men

    S28 Ep6 |
    The United States Air Force brought men up 19 miles, testing the limits of human endurance
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    The Perfect Crime

    S28 Ep5 |
    After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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    Murder of a President

    S28 Ep4 |
    The story of James Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president.

Specials

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    Plague at the Golden Gate (Chinese)

    一起來了解1900 年舊金山爆發的淋巴腺鼠疫如何引起恐懼和反亞裔情緒。

About American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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